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Loopy TV-Lovers, Get Ready For 'Celebrity Wife Swap'

Whitney Jefferson — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:30:00 EST

Holy shit, you guys: Tuesday nights are about to get bonkers. The couples partaking in the first-ever season of Celebrity Wife Swap have been announced, and the stars who have enlisted are like gold mine. A few of the participants may have been expected (at this point, what reality show hasn't Gary Busey been on?). But just imagine the home lives of Tina Yothers and Tracey Gold! Will their real families be anything like the TV families they grew up with on Family Ties and Growing Pains? I sure hope so. More »

Southwest Apologizes To Kevin Smith, Anderson Cooper Sued, And Tila Tweets Her Way Through A Concussion

Hortense Smith — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:30:00 EST

After Kevin Smith's began twittering last night claiming he'd been kicked off a Southwest flight for being too fat, the Southwest Air twitter page responded: "I'm so sorry for your experience tonight! Hopefully we can make things right." [NYDN]

Victoria Beckham Visits Underprivileged Kids; Oprah Gets Her Facts Wrong

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST

Victoria Beckham put away her Hermes bags and Louboutins and wore shredded jeans and combat boots as she joined son Brooklyn and spent 2 days with impoverished children in Kentucky.

Lindsay Lohan: Fibs & Financial Trouble?

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EDT

Lindsay Lohan a liar? In the latest issue of Nylon, LL says she's hoping to work with Seth Rogen but "Seth won't call us back." Rogen says:

What Will Shine Brighter: Aniston's Engagement Ring Or Brangelina's Oscar Gold?

Margaret Hartmann — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:45:00 EST

Tabloids continue the Brangelina/Aniston "fight": though the golden couple were both nominated for Oscars, presenter Jennifer may upstage them by bringing (rumored ex) John Mayer, and her (rumored to be non-existent) engagement ring. [Star]

Flavor in México: Muy Loco

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:50:00 EDT

Angelina's Twins Confirmed; Britney Pregnancy Rumors Persist

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 15 May 2008 09:00:00 EDT

Angelina Jolie confirms: She is having twins. You knew that, right? Anyway an exclusive interview scored by NBC's Today show was lifted by NBC's Access Hollywood and now NBC producers are pissed at each other. [Page Six]

An Open Letter To Chuck D: What Do You Think Of Flavor Flav Now?

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:00:00 EDT

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Dear Chuck D, So last night I checked out Flav's new show Under One Roof — the MyNetwork sitcom that can best be described as The Fresh Prince of Bel Air meets a KKK cartoon — and I was wondering if you checked it out. 'Cause if you had, you woulda seen that it's horribly minstrel-y, stupid, sexist, and most offensive of all, just not funny. And while we can all claim cognitive dissonance or "but Flav is really like that" when he's dancing around in tuxedo tails and white gloves or proclaiming his love of fried chicken and Hennessey on his reality show Flavor of Love, the same can't be said for a scripted television show that relies on negative racial and gender stereotypes as a premise. Seriously, I wanna know — what do you have to say about this? More »

Flavor Flav Draws The Line At Herpes

Slut Machine — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:00:00 EST

On last night's episode of Flavor of Love 3, the girls were split into two teams and given the sadistic task of "roasting" one girl of their choice from the opposite team. Thing is, because the roast wasn't coming from a place of love and respect, it was just a bunch of girls telling mean jokes. One of the girls roasted was Hotlanta, and after sitting through jokes about her weight, vagina odor, and career as a stripper, she was then accused of having oral herpes. Flav got freaked out by the whole thing (guess he didn't get the memo that herpes is so whatevs) and had a doctor perform a weird test on her. Weirder than that is the idea that Flav managed to avoid contracting herpes during the first two seasons of this show. Clip above. More »

Flavor Of Love 3 Is Racist, Sexist, And Totally Entertaining

Slut Machine — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:00:00 EST

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Flavor of Love 3 premiered last night, and if you thought that the series — an elimination-based dating show in which the "winner" gets to "kick it" with Flava Flav — was offensive before, well, you ain't seen nothing yet. In the clip above, Flav nicknames a pair of twins "Thing 1" and "Thing 2" after his favorite characters in The Cat in the Hat, then sits down with two other women, who argue over who can make the best fried chicken. Despite this, this season is shaping up to be the funniest (and weirdest, given one contestant's fixation on "reproducing", i.e., bearing Flav's baby) of the series. Could it be that the show's over-the-top offensiveness is a sort of "fuck you" in response to the September 25 congressional hearing "From Imus to Industry: The Business of Stereotypes and Degrading Images" at which Viacom executives testified? Or does it simply underscore the fact that people who go on reality shows seem more than willing to degrade themselves? Whatever the case, cognitive dissonance makes this show a lot of fun. Clip above. More »

Do You Know What Time It Is?

Slut Machine — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:30:00 EST

Flavor of Love 3 premieres on February 11 on VH1, but the pictures of the ladies vying for Flav's affection are already up — and there are twins! And the nicknames he gave them? Thing 1 and Thing 2. [VH1 Blog] More »

Britney Spears: It's Not Right, But It's 'OK!'

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:00:47 EDT

Britney's photo shoot/talk with OK! magazine was a total disaster! The interview was a "meltdown," the photos are "so bad they could kill her career," she wiped fried chicken grease on a Gucci dress and used a Chanel dress to pick up puppy poo! How badly do you want to see those pix, y'all?!?! [TMZ]